A woman staying at home and managing her family's affairs rather than working for wages outside the home becomes an indication that the family has achieved middle-class status. Few immigrant or African-American women have this option. Middle-class women are making significant contributions to the social and political life of their communities as well. Catherine Beecher who promotes the idea of the leisured woman says that only in the United States are women equal with men, in part because they have the luxury of domesticity. Others characterize domesticity as oppressive, lacking intellectual or social fulfillment.

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ideology of domesticity, marker of middle-class status, native-born white women, immigrant women, African-American women, community volunteers, social causes, Catherine Beecher, cult of domesticity, elevate or oppress women, Life in the U. S. U. S. Mid-19th Century

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